The Impact of High School Financial Education : Experimental Evidence from Brazil

This paper studies the impact of a comprehensive financial education program spanning six states, 868 schools, and approximately 20,000 high school students in Brazil through a randomized control trial. The program increased student financial knowl...

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Main Authors:	Bruhn, Miriam, de Souza Leao, Luciana, Legovini, Arianna, Marchetti, Rogelio, Zia, Bilal
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC LEARNING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC PROGRESS ACADEMIC YEAR ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADOLESCENTS ADULT EDUCATION ADULT FINANCIAL EDUCATION ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES AWARENESS OF FINANCIAL ISSUES BALANCED BUDGET BANKS BASIC KNOWLEDGE BENEFICIARIES BORROWING BORROWING MONEY BUDGETING BUSINESS SCHOOL CASH TRANSFER CIVIL SOCIETY CLASSROOMS COMPARISON SHOPPING COMPARISON SHOPS COMPLETION RATES COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMPUTER SIMULATIONS COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION CONSUMER CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CREDIT CARD CURRICULA CURRICULUM DEBT DELIVERY MECHANISMS DISADVANTAGED HOUSEHOLDS DISTANCE EDUCATION DIVERSIFICATION DROPOUT RATE DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION AGENDA EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION EXPERTS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE COMMISSION EXPENDITURES FAMILY FINANCES FAMILY LIFE FINAL GRADE FINANCE STUDENT FINANCIAL ASPECTS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR FINANCIAL BEHAVIORS FINANCIAL CONCEPTS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL CURRICULUM FINANCIAL DECISION FINANCIAL DECISIONS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COURSE FINANCIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR YOUTH FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS FINANCIAL EDUCATION LITERATURE FINANCIAL EDUCATION MANDATES FINANCIAL EDUCATION MATERIAL FINANCIAL EDUCATION MATERIALS FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FINANCIAL EXPERIENCES FINANCIAL HABITS FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL ISSUES FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL LEARNING FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS FINANCIAL LITERACY TEST FINANCIAL LITERACY TESTS FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING FINANCIAL LIVES FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MATTERS FINANCIAL OUTCOMES FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL TRAINING GRADUATION RATE HEALTH EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL FINANCIAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER GRADES HOUSEHOLD FINANCE INCOME INFLATION INSTRUCTION INSURANCE INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM INTEREST CHARGES INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTING KNOWLEDGE TEST KNOWLEDGE TESTS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LIFE SKILL LIFETIME LITERACY LITERACY COURSE LITERATURE LOAN LOW-INCOME MATH MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MONETARY INCENTIVES MONEY MANAGEMENT MONEY MATTERS MONTHLY EXPENSES NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PURCHASES QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES REGULAR CURRICULUM REPETITION RATES RESEARCH ASSISTANCE RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SAVINGS BEHAVIOR SAVINGS RATE SCHOOL CLUBS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL MARKET SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECURITIES SENIOR SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS STAKEHOLDERS STATE EDUCATION STOCK EXCHANGE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT CURRICULUM STUDENT GRADUATION RATES STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PARTICIPATION TAKE-UP RATES TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOKS TYPES OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VALUABLE YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH FINANCIAL LITERACY inter-temporal preferences randomized control trial
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